Magazine Vendor Is Named
In Insider-Trading Scheme

Prosecutors brought charges in an insider-trading scheme in which a foreman at a magazine distributor allegedly leaked to brokers advance copies of Business Week's "Inside Wall Street" column.

The foreman, who is cooperating with federal prosecutors and wasn't charged, allegedly received $200 each time he had the column faxed to a Long Island broker on Thursday afternoons, before the magazine became public, according to a...